Former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky revealed that her husband, Kevin Manno, is battling papillary thyroid cancer.
“We found out recently that @kevinmanno has Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Thankfully it’s a very treatable cancer,” Fedotowsky, 40, and Manno, 41, wrote in a joint Instagram post on Sunday, January 26. “He has 2 malignant spots on his right side and it appears it is also in one lymph node, but we won’t know for sure until his surgery.”
Fedotowsky also asked her followers to “share any experiences” that they had with thyroid cancer diagnoses.
“We are specifically curious about stories related to whether or not you or someone you know had their full thyroid or half of it removed with the cancer only on one side,” the caption continued. “If the surgeon gets in there and determines the whole thing has to be removed regardless, we will of course move forward with that. But going into the surgery, he has a choice to be aggressive or leave half if possible.”
They concluded, “Thank you all for the love and support you’ve always shown us. We are grateful ❤️.”
Fedotowsky and Manno also uploaded a video further discussing his health scare.
“We always try to be very open and honest,” Manno said in the footage. “We’re open books with our lives. We want to give you guys a quick update with something that’s happening over here in the Manno family, but I’m not stressing about it.”
Manno, a radio DJ, had recently undergone both a biopsy and CT scan, which led to the diagnosis.
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“The prognosis is very good,” he added. “It looks good. It’s going to be something I can go in [on] February 10th [and have a] surgery. We’re going to knock it out and it’ll be behind us.”
Fedotowsky, for her part, chimed in to note that Manno is “sometimes too positive” about the procedure.
“That’s where I need my mind,” he quipped in response. “I’m not supposed to be stressed, so I need to be positive.”
Fedotowsky and Manno have been married since 2017 and share two children: Molly, 8, and Riley, 6. While they didn’t share the kids’ reactions to the diagnosis, Fedotowsky revealed that the pair already had appointments with a surgeon about removing Manno’s thyroid.
“We also met with another oncologist to get a second opinion and learn,” Fedotowsky added. “The first thing he said to us was, ‘If you have to get cancer, this is the cancer you want to get.’ Because it’s so treatable. He called it a ‘boring cancer.’ That’s good [and] what you want to hear.”
